Confluence of social perception and environmental habitability in public spaces of indigenous communities of the Manantlán Reserve, Jalisco, Mexico

Abstract

The social perception and environmental habitability that occurs in the public spaces of indigenous communities of the Sierra de Manantlán, Jalisco, Mexico; they refer to a sense of balance regarding the emotional and physical conditions of its inhabitants. Its social, political, cultural and customs organization mark a unique identity in its communal life. The social perception as a factor of regulation of their way of working, contributes to an efficient and supportive performance towards their own, care and respect towards the ecosystem and an organized mass intervention. The objective of the work was to evaluate the conditions of social perception and environmental habitability of inhabitants in the public spaces of of Ayotitlán and Cuzalapa, Jalisco. The project refers to the mutual interaction between inhabitants of the analyzed communities, for this, interviews were carried out with key actors of the localities and information cards were applied to users on social perception and environmental habitability. Likewise, the measurement variables of the climatic conditions were carried out during the sampling stage of the cold period. Regarding the analysis of the research data, multiple linear regression was used for a Pearson association between the study variables, the meteorological and complementary variables of the applied sampling were examined. According to the results obtained, it is seen that climatic conditions affect the performance of productive activities in public spaces of the inhabitants of Ayotitlán and Cuzalapa, Jalisco, however; their social perception rooted in their beliefs and customs generates links of ecotourism and cultural dynamism, in this way; the study contributes with the municipality of both locations to obtain accurate information regarding this item and can be used for the benefit of society.

Keywords

• Confluence
• social perception
• mutual interaction
• public space
• weather conditions
• habitability